A Calendar of Yuletide Doings

Vintage German Advent Calendar, c1950

A Calendar of Yuletide Doings

Here are some suggestions from the
Meadow Sweet Grove fairy folk for daily doings leading up to Christmas Day (pick your own order!), ​​to celebrate this magical time of the year:

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Make an old shop window

Dec 1 - Take a child out for a cup of fancy hot chocolate
Dec 2 - Donate clothes, bottles, household items to charity
Dec 3 - Send pretty Christmas cards to friends
Dec 4 - Buy Christmas Crackers
Dec 5 - Build a snowman ... if you have snow! Or make a bowl of
              oranges decorated with cloves.
Dec 6 - Watch old movies:  A Christmas Carol, It's a Wonderful Life​
Dec 7 - Take part in a local Christmas event 
Dec 8 -  Trim your cedar or holly tree and leave out free for neighbours
Dec 9 -  Decorate your front doorway with cedar boughs, holly,  
​               pinecones
Dec 10 - Put up and deocorate your Christmas Tree
Dec 11 - Make a wreath for the front door
Dec 12 -  Listen to all your favourite Christmas songs
Dec 13 - Wrap gifts (cut up old Christmas cards for tags)
Dec 14 - Gather lots of nummy food and treats together for the big day
Dec 15 - Bake cookies and share with neighbours and friends 
Dec 16 - Clean your little abode, ready to receive guests 
Dec 17 - Watch:  A Christmas Story
Dec 18 - Enjoy a Christmas Concert in a lovely venue such as a old church or hall
Dec 19 - Put together a Christmas puzzle with a child or friend
Dec 20 - Walk around the neighbourhood and look at all the Christmas lights
Dec 21 - Create a Winter Solstice Tree for the woodland creatures
                (see instructions in folowing weeks!)
Dec 22 - Watch:  A Charlie Brown Christmas, White Christmas
Dec 23 - Spend a quiet evening, gazing at the twinkling lights & enchanting
                ornaments on your Christmas tree
Dec 24 - Hang up your stocking, sit quietly by a window at midnight, and feel
​                 the approach of Santa's sleigh 
Dec 25 - Yule / Christmas - Have a Merry Christmas!
                                                                                                                            Meadow Sweet Grove © V. Buchanan 2016​

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